Paracel Islands

• China’s hegemony and expansion in SCS

  15 October 2020

  ASEAN maritime rights, China’s hegemony and expansion in the SCS, Crosscurrents, Exclusive Economic Zone, Johnson South Reef, Justice Carpio, Mischief Reef, nine‑dash line, Paracel Islands, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, UNCLOS

  Justice Carpio explains how China’s historical actions and nine‑dash line claim demonstrate hegemonic expansion in the South China Sea, marked by forceful seizures and militarization of disputed features to assert control contrary to international law.

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• China’s other false claims in the SCS

  01 October 2020

  Cairo Declaration, China’s other false claims, Crosscurrents, International Law, Justice Carpio, Monroe Doctrine analogy, nine‑dash line, Paracel Islands, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Maritime Rights, Potsdam Declaration, San Francisco Peace Treaty, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, UNCLOS

  Justice Carpio debunks additional historical and legal arguments China has used to support its South China Sea claims—showing that declarations like Cairo and Potsdam, and the San Francisco Peace Treaty, do not award the Spratlys or Paracels to China, and that analogies to the Monroe Doctrine are specious.

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• Chinese invasions: Past and present

  20 August 2020

  ASEAN coastal states, Chinese invasions past and present, Crosscurrents, historical invasions, International Law, Justice Carpio, nine‑dash line, Paracel Islands, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines maritime rights, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, territorial seizures, UNCLOS

  Justice Carpio refutes China’s claim of a peaceful history by detailing historical invasions of neighboring states and modern seizures of maritime features, and explains how China’s nine‑dash line aims to control nearly the entire South China Sea—at the expense of international law and ASEAN rights.

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